NEST AND YOUNG OF MARSH HAWK 
CHAPTER XV 
THE NEW SPORT OF “ HAWKING ” 
A pair of faicons, wheeling on the wins^. 
In clamorous agitation, round the crest 
Of a tall rock, their airy citadel. 
Wordsworth. 
T he annual sj^ring hunt for hawks’ nests appeals to 
me as a sport bv itself, a unique excitement that 
stirs the blood with a peculiar thrill. It begins 
when the woods and helds hrst emit their spring fragrance, 
to which one’s blood, stagnated by indoor toil, responds 
with new bounds of life. It means strenuous, yet joyous. 
